Safety-razor.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908 H. S. BUCKLAND.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. g. 1907.

I/IVEl/T 0 HORACE s. BUOKLAND, or FREMONT, omo.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 19 O8.

Application filed March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,482.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, HORACE S. Bt'cKLANn, a citizen of .the United States of America, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Razors; and I hereby declare the following i to be, a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. I

Myinvention relates to safety razors, and has for one of its objects to provide an exceedingly simple and effective construction and arrangement of parts whereby the holding and clamping means are adapted for blades of varying thickness, thus allowing the same clamp and holder to be employed with. the thinnest blades as well as with blades of a thickness equal to that of the ordinary razor blade. I

Further objects of the invention are to provide improved retaining and clamping means for the blades as well as means whereby blades may be easily and quickly inserted within and removed from the holder or carrier and further to provide a construc tion \vherciin-owiug to the small number of parts, the simplicity of construction thereof and the manner of assembling, the said parts may be conveniently clcancd.

Generally speaking. the invention consists of the combinations of elements embodied in the claims hereto annexed.

In the drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a razor constructed in accordance with my inventionj a portion of the handle being broken away: lig. l represents-a front elevation and Fig. 3 a rear elevation of said razor: Fig. 4 represents a top plan view iTf-thc samc and Fig. 5 a trausvcrsc sectional view. showing thc clamp in open position. a portion ol the razor handle being shown in elevation. l denotes the handlc. which may be ol ordinary construction. having rigidly nountci l thereon a guard plate .3. For convenience ol dcscription the parts will be assumed as occupying the positions sh wn in the drawing; iha= is to say, the handle will be considered as and the guard \crt icai )late as substantially horizontal.

. i The holder or carrlcr lor the razor blade comprises'gcncrally the guard plati- '1 and the clamp 2}, which arc adapted to cng'agc thc razor blade and ln'mly support an clamp the same. The guard plate is provided with a substantially flat rear portion 4 and with an upwardly curved front portion 5 terminating in rounded teeth or prongs 6. The guard plate is provided at the rear portion thereof with three integral lugs, two of which, 7, are adjacent opposite ends thereof and are turned upwardly to engage the rear of the razor blade 8 and hold said blade in proper relation to the teeth or prongs 6; The other lug 9 projects rearwardly from the central portion of the guard plate, preferably in the same plane with the rear ortion 4 of said guard plate, and is provider with a threaded aperture l'or thereception of an adjusting screw 10. Guard plate 2 is also provided, or opposite sides thereof, with lugs 11 constituting pivots for the clamp These pivots are preferably located at the rear of the connection between handlel and the guard plate. The'clamp 3 coin rises a plate of sheet metal of the general shapeshown in drawing. This plate comprises a main body portion 12 of substantiallv the same length and width as the guard plate .2. Depending from each side of" body portion 12 is an integral car 13 i having an aperture 14 therein by means of which the clamp is pivoted to the lugs 11. The l'ront edge portion of the clamp is bentor inclined downwardly at.15 to engage the razor blade at a point substantially opposite the highest point of the upwardly curved portion 5 of the guard plate 2. Projecting rearwardly from body portion 12 is the extension 16, said extension projecting from the central portion of 12 and having a down-turned end 17. said end being curved and being so positioned as to be engaged by the upper end of screw 10 at the time when the front end 15 has engaged the plate S. It will be apparent that the clamp is in el'l'ect a lever pivoted to the guard plate and operated by the sc ew 10. it will be observed that the construction horcinlwt'orc described. while comprising a minimum number of parts. provides e'llicient and practical means for holding the razor blade in place. The elevation of the round end of the guard .platc above the rear end thereof and the conformation of the clamp 3 providc a chamber or rcccss betwccu the rear portions ol 1 he clamp and guard plate which 1 is of sullicient width for the accommodation of razor blades o" considerable thickness. while the fact that the clamping action is excrtcd upon the blade at a short distance to 1 the rear of the edge thereof. and only between the down-turned end 15 of the clamp and the subjacent portion of the guard enalnes the holder or carrier to be used equally well with thin blades, particularly as the manner of operating the clamp is in no wise dependentupon the thicknessvof' the blade.

' Furthermore, there are but three parts, each of extremely simple construction, to the clamping and retaining means, namely; the

combined base and guard lplate 2,uclampb3,

he sma num er and adjusting screw 10. of' parts and the simplicity of construction thereof render the device extremely econom- 10a 1 of roduction andeasy of cleaning. Whi for convenience of description, I have assumed that the razor is in the position shownin Figs. 1, 2, .3, and 5 of the drawing, with the handle vertical andthe guard plate substantially horizontal, and have employed the terms front and rear and dl and'fdownwardly to describe I bla e between itself and said guard plate,

and a screw threadedin said guard plate and adapted to' engage said clam at a point 2010 she rear'of said ears, substantia ly as specie 2. In a safety razor, the combination of a handle, a guard plate secured thereto, said guard plate having one edge thereof provided with teeth and having integral pivot lugs intermediate of the handle and the opposite edge thereof, a clamp having depending ears pivoted on said lugs or ins and having a .clampingportion adapted to engage a razor blade between itself and the portion of'the guard plate adjacent to the teeth, a blade be tween said clamp and plate, and means en'- aging the clamp at the rearof saidpins or ugs for forcing said clamping portion into engagement with said blade,substantially as specified.

i 3. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard plate having at one edge thereof a plurality of teeth and having adjacent the opposite edge a pair of u -turned lugs constitut ving stops for the bac of a razor blade, a lug I intermediate of the former lugs and projecting rearwardly 'from said guard plate, a screw threaded through the last-mentioned lug, and a clamp pivoted to said uard plate and having a portion adapted to 1 e engaged by said screw, substantially as specified.

more up-turned lugs constituting a tially as specified.

scenes 4. In a safety razor, the combinationbfa guard plate having at one edgethereof a plu-' rality of teeth, said plate' being rovided at a suitable distance from said teet with one or 081- tioning device for the back of the razor b axle, a screw threaded through said plate, and'a clamp pivoted to said guard plate and havin Y i a portion adapted to be engaged by sai screw, substantially as s ecified. j '5. In a safety razor, t e combination of a guard plate having at one edge thereof a plu' rality of teeth and at the'op osite edge thereof a pair of integral upward y projecting lugs constituting sto s for the back of the razor blade and also aving at the latter edge a rearwardly projecting lug, a clamp comprising a plate having at one edge thereof a downturned portion and at -t e opposite edge thereof a downwardly extending lug and having at opposite sides thereof a downwardly extending ear, means for pivoting sa d ears to said guard plate, and an adjusting screw extending through the rearward lug on the guard plate and adapted to engage the rear-, wardly extending lug on the clamp, substan- 6. In a safety razor, the combination of a I guard platehaving at one edgethereof a plu rality of teeth and at the op osite edge thereof.a pair of integral upward y rojecting lugs constituting sto s for the bac: ofthe razor. blade and also aving at the latter edge a rearwardly projecting ug, pins or pivots projecting from opposite sides of said plate, a clamp com prising a plate having at one edge 'thereof a down-turned portion and at the opand aving at opposite sides thereof a downwardly extending ear pivoted to said pins or pivots of said guard p ate, and an adusting screw extending through the rear-. ward lug onthe guard plate and adapted to engage the rearwardlyextendinglug on the clam v V c -7. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard plate having at one edge thereof a plurality of teeth, a clamp pivoted thereto and pogsjte ed e' thereof a downwardly extending having a portion adapted to engage a razor blade interposed between itself and the subjacent portion of the late, said clamp having a rearwardly and ownwardly extending c portion at the rear edge thereof, and a screw extending through the guard plate and adapted to'engage said rearwardly and downwardly exten ing portion of the clamp, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification", in the presence of two witnesses HORACE S. BUOKLAND. 'Witnesses:

S. O. GARVER,

CnAs. H. Gnavns. 

